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My ancestors, the slave traders

How I discovered my forefathers traded not only in goods, but also in slaves

When Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Mundo's Jaime Gonzalez began to suspect that his merchant ancestors traded not only in goods but also in slaves, he set off on an investigation that took him to Spain and Chile. He made a documentary about what he found.

First moon landing, seen from India, Colombia and the former Soviet Union
What do a teenager celebrating Colombia's National Day and a 3-year-old Ukrainian girl listening to a forbidden radio station with her father have in common? Answer: the first moon landing on 20th July 1969. Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Mundo’s William Marquez, Irena Taranyuk of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Ukrainian and Manoshi Barua of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Bangla share memories of that day.

The village that saved one of the world’s oldest Korans
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Double 'Click' – Persian and Bangla
Nima Akbarpour of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Persian and Faisal Titumir of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Bangla are both presenters of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's TV technology programme Click - in versions made in their languages. They compare notes about tech savvy audiences in Iran and Bangladesh, and the influence of Click.

Image: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Mundo's Jaime Gonzalez against montage of historic slavery images

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50 minutes

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Sat 20 Jul 2019 03:06GMT

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